Sturgill Simpson JBS Quotes

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How the hell are you gonna protect the peace
Running 'round looking like you're going to war?

~ Excited Delirium ~

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Sometimes things are great to remember
Some are too good to forget
Things back then were so different
Some things we think of them yet

~ Hobo Cartoon ~
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Hello, my son
Welcome to earth
You may not be my last
But you’ll always be my first

~ Welcome to Earth (Pollywog) ~
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“We are not a jam band. I am a songwriter with a band that jams.”
-SS/JBS, Denver, April 2025

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Two hundred and ten mile drive
Three hours down south 65
But it feels like there’s an ocean between you and me
Cause you’re all the way down there in Tennessee

~ Tennessee ~
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I’m alone in a way that I’ve never been
Since you left me behind
If you think you can ever love me again
Please go ahead, I don’t mind

~ I Don’t Mind ~
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Everybody's trying to be the next someone
But look at me, I'm trying to be the first something

~ Fastest Horse in Town ~
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I’ve been told you measure a man
by how much he loves
When I hold you I treasure each moment I spend
On this Earth, under Heaven above

~ Welcome to Earth (Pollywog) ~
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She left my heart feelin’ taunted
And my memories all haunted
But it’s her I have to thank for all my songs

~ Life of Sin ~
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Well they say you live and learn
But it really seems more to me
Like all along I’ve been learning how to live

~ Railroad of Sin ~
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Grey is the color of my world
since you left me on that
bright and sunny, orange and mournful day

No more rainbows shining out my window
Like you my skies of blue have gone away

~ All the Pretty Colors ~
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He was a deadly warrin' daddy with a gun gleam in his eyes
Till he found him a good woman, calm down the rage

~ Ol’ Dood ~
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Having one-way conversations
With the darkness in my mind
He does all the talking
‘Cause I’m the quiet kind

~ Remember to Breathe ~
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Sometimes that wine don’t hit me like it ought to
But that old whiskey suits me fine

~ Sometimes Wine ~
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Most of all, he was my best friend
And he’s gone too soon

~ Sam ~
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Face in the mirror's all skin and bones
Bloodshot eyes and a heart of stone
Never again, rather be alone
Think I'm gonna just stay home
And make art, not friends

~ Make Art not Friends ~
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I’m tired of other people trying to take what’s mine
and I’m tired of ya’ll playing dress-up and trying to sing them old country songs

~ Some Days ~
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There’s no happy endings
Only stories that stop before they’re through

~ Jupiter’s Faerie ~

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Well nobody’s looking up to care about a drone
All too busy looking down at our phone

~ Call to Arms ~